A wife gave her husband two ties for Christmas. He, being an obedient and peace-loving man, went immediately and put on one of the ties. He returned to the kitchen where his wife was preparing breakfast. Seeing he had one of the ties on she asked: “What’s the matter, don’t you like the other tie?”

Through the Advent season we read Luke’s story of the coming of the Lord and of his birth. These weeks leading up to today, Christmas, we have made preparations. We have anticipated with great expectancy the birth of Jesus Christ. When we gathered to light candles in celebration of his birth, the light was taken from the Christ candle and passed to each worshiper. This sanctuary became a sea of candlelight, in a solemn but joyful affirmation that light came into this world in the birth of Jesus ou…